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North Carolina doom metallers HOUR OF 13 are due to re-release their latest album, The Ritualist, in Europe on Monday, January 24th and in North America on February 8th through Earache Records.

The new version of HOUR OF 13′s classic second album has been updated and remastered, and is available to pre-order now on CD and limited edition vinyl. You can listen to the song “Demons All Around Me” via Youtube.

As a special offer for fans who order the limited edition vinyl LP version of the album, each copy will include a free bonus 7″ vinyl, featuring two previously-unreleased tracks:

Side A - 01. Grim Reality (2006 Rehearsal). Side B - 02. Call To Satan (Live in Dublin 12.09.10)

The track “Grim Reality” is included as a tribute to former HOUR OF 13 bassist Thomas, who recently passed away.

The limited edition vinyl LP of The Ritualist is available in the following quantities and colors:

• 100 – Possessed Purple Splatter (black and purple)
• 200 – Sacrificial Stone (blood red on clear)
• 300 – Ethereal Glow (green)
• 400 – Bewitching Black